regatta 07..here we go

finally have the time (and mood) to blog.

it's been 1 week since regatta 07. some things remain the same, yet some fundamentals r missing. not the tangibles, but the intangible. anw, its open for interpretation. ha

actually i felt the gals did well. ok yes mayb they didnt meet some targets they set, but other than tt i see improvement which r definitely commendable. esp the yr 1s n their coming in 1st for plate finals. well, i wouldnt say i know them v well (coz i only crashed trgs abt 3 x tiz sem) but i alwayz felt they were not as terok as some had mentioned. i always felt they nd someone to believe in them, n give them love n attention

well its like tt for most pple rite? if others dun believe in u, n u dun even think u can do it, den the battle's lost. thankfully, they won the battle during e race. i can totally relate to tt euphoric feeling, tt sense of achievement by winning 1st for plate finals

Coz like them, in our regatta '04, we won 1st for plate finals too. though it wasnt entirely a junior boat

it felt like the world..winning plate finals! i mean..though we didnt get a medal, it was important for me a junior, to feel wad its like to row tgt and go all out towards a common goal. it felt like we've won 1st for opens. hahaha smtg seemingly insignificant had so much significance to me. akways wondered y we were genuinely happy although its not like we won 1st. tt yr, we came in 3rd for ivps. yet, it was smtg to cheer abt.

anw tt aside. feel tt i'm isolating myself, building a wall ard me n blocking the world out. been staying back till 10+ for the past 2 days aft work to clear all the follow up. damn guilty coz i forgot my dear yc baby's bdae party. had thought it was on sat..rahh! my yc baby's bdae n i forgot all abt it.

on fri, i had wanted so badly to go out with e n-clique for dinner at bugis, but once again, work got in the way n i had to clear my work b4 i can go. by the time i finished, it was abt 945 and i was too mentally drained to meet them, hence decided to head for home

i feel like cast away..i dun wanna b a workaholic. i want my life back.

zw nv focus when she is doing cool down ha
right aft womens ivp
e gals in lane 3. i forgot which event it is.
see wad i mean by some things dun change? ;p (wt: 'they every single race w/o fail lor! always muz piggy back')
e yr 1s n rang
bc n raine.
the 3 graduated, 1 in e midst of graduating..n 1 more graduatin in 1 sem's time
past, present, future. db ladies. from rowers to fighters to working adults (aka no lifers)
manda (it's fashionable to wear lifejacket even aft race is over lolx) n i
coxwains of the past (lijun baby..no longer 'zai' heh)
haivanas sponsored. i forgot whose legs r they
the 'must have' after race. traditions..hmm tts another sad topic.